The East -- Zal Batmanglij directed and co-wrote this
often heavy-handed thriller about a woman (Brit Marling, who also co-wrote)
going undercover for a private security firm to infiltrate an eco-terrorist
group. Once inside, she grows close, and then too close, to the group as they
plan and then carry out their attacks. With Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard,
Patricia Clarkson and Julia Ormond. Rated PG-13, 116 minutes. At the Angelika
Dallas and Plano. — Boo Allen

The Internship -- There are really three movie stars
headlining The Internship: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Google. But
if you can get past this Mother of All Product Placements, you’ll likely find
yourself chuckling a lot during this silly but warm-hearted film, directed by
Shawn Levy. Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Wilson) are watch salesmen who discover
their company has shut down. And so, of course, they apply for an unpaid
internship at Google. They get the job — diversity, wouldn’t ya know. At
orientation, a stern taskmaster (a seriously funny Aasif Mandvi), describes the
Hunger Games-like ordeal ahead: a set of challenges, with only the
winning team attaining Google employment. Rated PG-13, 119 minutes. — The
Associated Press

NOW PLAYING

After Earth -- After Earth wouldn’t exist had
Will Smith not cooked it up as yet another star vehicle for his son, Jaden.
This sci-fi adventure about a boy who must become a man to save himself and his
wounded warrior father on a hostile world is a corny, generally humorless M.
Night Shyamalan picture without his trademark surprises and twists. Rated
PG-13, 100 minutes. — McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Epic -- Bright, colorful animated film about the
little people who live among us even though we don’t know it. Their verdant
forest-dwelling world is threatened when the Rot People aim to steal the magic
bulb that brings perpetual life to the living forests. Several themes mix with
a rousing adventure tale told with a 3-D flair for action. With a voice cast of
Beyonce Knowles, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Chris O’Dowd,
Aziz Ansari. Rated PG, 102 minutes. — B.A.

Fast & Furious 6 -- Vin Diesel’s Dom, now wealthy and living
the good life, is lured back into action by his erstwhile nemesis, the federal
agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). It seems a villain named Shaw has amassed a huge
military arsenal and is one component short of wreaking total havoc. Especially
funny are Tyrese Gibson and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as Dom’s partners in
crime. Rated PG-13, 130 minutes. — AP

The Great Gatsby -- Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby in
Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s colorful and often frantic rendition of F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s cherished 1925 novel. Carey Mulligan plays Daisy Buchanan,
cousin to narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), who tells the story of the
tragic love between Gatsby and Daisy. Fast moving and respectful to the novel,
but with a personality of its own. Rated PG-13, 143 minutes. — B.A.

The Hangover Part III -- This time, Zach Galifianakis’
insufferable, inappropriate man-child Alan has gone off his meds and is out of
control. His fellow “Wolfpack” members Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms)
and Doug (Justin Bartha) stage an intervention and offer to drive him to a
treatment center in Arizona. They get run off the road by masked thugs who work
for crime boss Marshall (John Goodman). Now, they must make things right by
finding gangster Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong). Directed by Todd Phillips. Rated R,
100 minutes. — AP

Mud -- Matthew McConaughey stars as the title
character, Mud, in this third film from Austin-based writer-director Jeff
Nichols. Mud hides on a deserted island from the police when two local boys
help him escape and also find his lost girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon). Before
long, the hunt becomes violent and frighteningly intense. Rated PG-13, 130
minutes. — B.A.

Now You See Me -- The razzle dazzles but the smoke never
quite hides the mirrors this super-slick new magicians’ heist picture. A
quartet of street hustlers and rising stars (Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher,
Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco) star in magic “events” where they catch the
imagination of the world, and their super-rich promoter (Michael Caine). Mark
Ruffalo is the comically hyper-ventilating FBI agent, and Morgan Freeman is the
mysterious magic expert who may be helping the feds. Directed by Louis
Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Transporter). Rated PG-13, 102
minutes. — MCT

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